Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-31
TORCH and BOMB.
New Phase of the Reading Troubles.
Blood Thirsty Document Circu-
lated on Streets of New York.
The Order for Twenty Thousand Men to
strike az Noen Yesterday Cen
orally Ignored.
Cor bin II sfuses TO Ar b,tr ate-The Employees
Must Decide Between the Knights aud
the Reading Company.

Corbin Refuses TO Ar bltrate-The Employees
Must Dscide Between ,he Knights aud
the Reading Company.
BLOODY CIRCULAR.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Copies of the
following bloodthirsty documents were
circulated on the streets this morning
where workingmen could get them:
"The torch and bomb must be applied.
Fellow workmen, the hour has come.
The agencies of science must play psrt
in the struggle Of the future. Yesterday
it was the slaughter Of our comra des at
Chicago; to-day it Is the assassination OF
$4,000 Of our brothers on the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad system. True,
the sword is weapon of circumstances,
but its victims perish all the same. Do
not waste your force on scabs
They are only the effect of
the present damneble competitive system.
Destroy by all agencies at your command
the direct representatives of the system,
the Corbins, the MaxWells and the
Goulds. Let the torch, the bomb or the
bullet strike them now. Let all they
possess be given to the flames and haunt
them day and night. The strike must be
made the war of the classes. Brothers,
remember Chicago and your oath"
NOTHING TO GIVE OUT.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 30.-Presi-
dent Corbin, Superintendent Sweigard
and General Manager Mcleod were in
conference this morning in the Fourth
street Office of the Reading Railroad.
They declined to communicate with the
press representatives, but they did send
out word towards noon that there
was nothing to give out for pub
LEGATION. Advices from Port Richmond,
the depots at Ninth and Sixteenth streets
and the Willow street wharf at noon were
to the effect that the situation has under
gone no change since last evening, that
the men were sll at work and the COM
psny had numerous applicants from I'M
engaged who were anxious to 60 to work.
AT sHAMoKIN.
SHAMoKIN, PA, Dec. 80 The order to
strike had no discernible effect here ct
noon.
IT FALLS FLAT.
READING, PA, Dec. 80 BY O'Clock
this morning every delegate to the con-
vention had left Reading and departed
for home. Captain Lindop, well
known Pinkerton detective, passed
through here to-day bound for the coal
regions where he viii organize special
officers to protect the company's prop
erty.
None of the emploYes on the road or in
the shops in this city struck to day in &C
cordauce with the orders of the conven-
ton. 1t falls fist throughout this section,
and the only turbulent feeling is reported
from the cOa1 regions.
"We sent twenty coal trains in the coal
regions and 1000 loaded cars to tide wa
ter, besides nearly 1900 cars of freight
yesterday and last night." said General
Dispatcher Bertolet Of this city this
morning.
"Do you think there is probability Of
the revival of the strike among your
present force?" was asked.
"No, sir, emphaticsfy no. Why should
they. The men applied for work yolun-
tsrjly, and 1t is not probable they would
act so foolish. Oh, no, they are not made
of that kind Of material. The men we
have now are going to stay with us'
TO TAKE STRIKERS PLACES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Thirty engineers
who were discharged from the Brooklyn
Elevated Railroad Company's employ be-
cause of their connection with the strike
which recently took place on that road,
have been engaged to take the places of
strikers on the Reading road and left for
Philadelphia this evening.
WHO HAVE OBEYED.
READING, Pa, Dec. 30-Saperintend-
ent Cable has information this afternoon
it is only in places moth of this city
the men have obeyed the orders of the
Reading convention and gore on strike.
They were situated in the coal regious,
such as Ashisud, S1amokin and Potts
vile. 1t is believed by the officials that
If the compsny's 1000 employees in this
city can be kept at work the order to
strike will prove useless effort.
SITUATION UNCHANGED.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Dec. S0-The order
to the Reading employees to strike has not
been observed here. The shifting crews
in the company's yard sall went to work.
At Paio Alto everything proceeded as
usual. At Tamaqua, the center of opera
tt Ms at the Mahony and Little Schuyl-
kill branches, everything is in motion,
ana there is no change in the situation
there.
NO ONE STRUCK.
2 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 30.-As far as
could be learned this afternoon the order
for the Reading employees to strike st
noon to-day had but little effect here.
At Port Richmond and at ell points along
the lines Of various branches of the COM
pany in the city there was the usual &C
tivity, and the officials say none Of the
employees have quit work. Superinten-
dent Keim to-day issued the following
notice: "Men wanted for handling coal
at the Elizsbethport docks of the Phils-
delphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany. Steady employment ensured,
and as high wages as paid
by other companies for the same service
AID full protection guaranteed to
every man who engages with US. None
of the men DISCHARGED on December "a